Calendar



' W. S. ORTH CALENDAR Filed Feb. 8, 1923.

WITNESSES INVENTOI? A Tram/us Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM S. ORTH, OF DUNKIRK, OHIO.

CALENDAR.

Application filed February 8, 1923. Serial No. 617,822.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM S. ORTH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Dunkirk, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio,have invented a new and Improved Calendar. of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in calendars and has particularreference to a frame for perpetual calendars.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved construction overthat shown in my previous Patent No. 1,236,974, issued August 14th,1917.

Another object is to provide a calendar frame of neat and attractiveappearance which is so constructed as to permit of the same beingmanufactured at a minimum cost.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetail description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the calen darconstructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a similar View on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and 4 Figure 4is a detail perspective View of an auxiliary frame employed inconnection with the invention.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing as comprising a mainframe 5, preferably formed of a single piece of material such as sheetmetal and including the upright members 6 and the base portion 7 theupright members being joined at their upper ends by the supporting bar 8and intermediate their ends by the cross bar 9.

In order to support the frame in a vertical position the base portion 7is out along upwardly converging lines to form the end supporting legs10 and the intermediate supporting leg 11. The legs 10 and 11v are bentin opposite directions, as clearly shown in Figure 2, at any desirableangle with respect to the frame 5 and by thus separating the legs itwill be obvious that the same will form a substantial support for thecalendar to permit it being placed upon a desk or other support. Thebase portion 7 is provided with suitable openings 12 for receiving rings13 which may be utilized in sup porting cards 141 on the outer surfacesof the legs 10 and 11, which cards may contain suitable indicia, such asadvertising matter or the like.

The upper cross bar 8 is provided adjacent each end thereof with anangular notch 15, each of which is adapted to receive therein a splitring 16 which passes through aligned openings formed in a series ofcards 17, each of which bears the name or abbreviation of one of thedays of the week, there being accordingly seven of these cards. Thenames or abbreviations of the various days of the week are so printedonthe cards that the outermost cards on opposite sides of the calendarwill always contain the same name or abbreviation.

The intermediate cross bar 9 is also provided with angular notches 18adjacent each end thereof which receive the split rings 19 also passingthrough registering openings in a plurality of cards 20 bearing thenumerals from 1 to 31 representing the dates of a month, the samenumeral appearing on opposite sides of the calendar.

The upper end of each of the side members 6 of the frame 5 is reduced,as in dicated at 21, to accommodate an auxiliary supporting frame 22 ofsubstantially U shaped formation having its extremities bent to providebearings 23 which receive the ends of the cross bar 8 exteriorly of theangular notches 15. In this manner the cards 17 are free to swing withinthe frame 22. The intermediate portion of the frame 22 is provided withangular notches 24. which receive the split rings 25 supporting thecards 26 hearing the monthly designations. which are the same onopposite sides of the calendar, there being twelve of the cards 26, aswill be obvious.

It will be apparent that since the frame 22 is swingingly supported onthe cross bar 8 the same may be moved in either direction with respectto the frame to permit of one of the cards 20 being turned on itssupporting rings 19 and that likewise the cards 17 may be swungrearwardly or forwardly to permit of a turning of one of the cards 26.

IVhat is claimed is:

1. In a calendar, a frame formed from a single sheet of materialincluding opposed side members and supporting cross bars joining thesame, said cross bars having angular notches in their upper edges thebase of said sheet being split and the split portions being bent inopposite directions to form supports for the frame, rings disposed insaid angular notches, and a plurality of cards supported by said rings.

2. In a calendar, :1 frame formed from a single sheet of materialincluding side members and supporting cross bars joining the same, saidside members being reduced for a portion of their length adjacent one ofsaid cross bars, the base of said frame being split to form angularlydisposed supporting legs, an auxiliary frame swingingly supported by oneof said cross bars and having portions thereof accommodated in thereduced portions of said side members, and series of cards swinginglysuspended from said cross bars and auxiliary frame.

lVILLIAM S. ORT'IL

